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No. 368,831. Patented Aug. 23, 1887.

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CHARLES M. HENN, OF OHIGAGOpILLINOIS.

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$PECIPICA'IION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,831, dated August23, 1887.

Application filed April 5, 1887. Serial 1\"o. 233,703. (No model.)

To all-whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. HENN, a

v citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county ofCook, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Toys, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings,illustrating theinvention,in which-- FigureI is a perspective representation of my improved toy as it is for use;Fig. II, a transverse section of Fig. I through the wing attachments tothe swan; Fig. III, a longitudinal sectional elevation of the toy withthe shell-seat and statue of the child removed. Fig. IV is a broken sideelevation of the swan, showing one wing-support. Fig. Vshows one of thewings to the swan with its attachments removed from the other parts ofthe device.

This toy consists of a suitable bed mounted on wheels and the bedsupporting the con figuration of aswan or other appropriate bird, andalso a configuration ofa shell-seat to which is affixed the statue of achild.

The novelty of invention consists in the mechanism whereby the wings ofthe swan are secured in position and made to flap by a crank on theaxle-tree, and a bellows with a reed made to squeak with a note of thebird employed.

A represents the bed of the toy, which is preferably made of cast metal,and of a size suitable to support the bird, imitation shellseat, and thestatue of the child, and made heavy enough so that the configurations onits top will not make it top-heavy.

O 0 represent two posts secured to the top of the bed for the purpose ofsupporting the wings G of the swan E by means of shanks P P on the wingsextending into the shell of the swan, and having concave bearings 011their under sides resting on the top ends of the posts.

The sides of the swan have, as shown at Fig.

IV, a slot, It, formed therein, extending far enough above the post toreceive the shank P. By this construction, when the wings are in theposition shown in Figs. I and II and the cured to the shanks P P,respectively, and

extending in past each other, and at I I each wire is coiled once andextends down, as shown at J J, and both wires are united at their lowerends. This construction forms a springconnection from wing to wing.

The means for flapping the wings consists of a spring-plate, L, securedto the bed A at 3, andextending under the wires J and also part wayunder the bellows Z and the crank Y on the axle-tree M. A slot, at,being formed in the bed A, permits the crank at each revolution toelevate the spring L and changethe position of the parts, as shown bydottedllnes G, and at the same time compress the bellows Z and by meansof its reed 2 make a squeaking sound.

I claim as new- 1. A toy consisting ofthe bed A, mounted on axletrees M,one axle-tree being formed with the crank Y, in combination with springL and the wire springs H J, coiled at I I and united at their lower endswith the springs G, provided with shanks P, extending into the shell,the posts 0 O, and shell E, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The posts 0 O, secured to the bed A, in combination with the wingsGr, provided with shanks P, and the slots R in the sides of the shell E,whereby the wings are held to the post by the weight of the shell, asspecified.

CHARLES M. lEIENN.

Witnesses:

G. L. CHAPIN, ANNA D. JOHNSON.

